Novel predictive assay for contact allergens using human skin explant cultures

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 337-343

  Pistoor, Frank H M ^a   Rambukkana, Anura ^a   Kroezen, Marian ^a   Lepoittevin, Jean Pierre ^b   Bos, Jan D ^a   Kapsenberg, Martien L ^a   Das, Pranab K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CONTACT ALLERGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; SOLVENT;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPIDERMIS CELL; EXPLANT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, CD1; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DINITROFLUOROBENZENE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDERMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRITANTS; LANGERHANS CELLS; NICKEL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; SKIN;

EID: 0030013156     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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